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Raymond John Gravelle
Jody Hane2021-12-15T13:37:19-06:00
- Name: Raymond John Gravelle
- Location of Birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: October 15, 1922
- Date of Death: November 20, 1983 (61 years old)
- Parents: Richard Ulysses Gravelle & ?
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- Highest Rank: BM 2 (Boatswain's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class)
- Branch: Navy
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Raymond served in World War II in the United States Navy aboard the USS Enterprise.
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World War II
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Raymond lived all his life and attended schools here in the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area.
He married Beverly Lane on November 17, 1946 at Grand Rapids.
He was a member of Moose Lodge 2023, the VFW, and Ponti-Peterson Post 1720.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly; two sons, Raymond J. Jr., and Timothy; four daughters, Sandra Gravelle, Diana Burnett, Susan Hill, and Betsy Hayes; four sisters, Edith Ische, Eleanor Larson, Leona Mattfield, and Jeanette Anderson; and six grandchildren.
Raymond died at his home and is buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot C-C-17-2-4)
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